Hermann Otto (Nassau-Hadamar)

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Hermann Otto von Nassau-Hadamar (born December 3, 1627 in Hadamar ; baptized January 13, 1628 ; confirmed July 18, 1638 in Hadamar; † July 26, 1660 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a member of the younger line of the Nassau-Hadamar family .

Life

Hermann Otto von Nassau-Hadamar was born as the seventh child of Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar and Princess Ursula, a daughter of Count Simon the Elder of Lippe-Detmold . Like his brothers, Hermann Otto was raised by Jesuits. Father Johann Kaspar Wiltheim prepared him for his first communion in 1635 . Hermann Otto then continued his training at the University of Cologne for three years and then attended the Konvikt in Antwerp .

He embarked on an ecclesiastical career and became canon in Cologne, Mainz and Trier, canon of St. Viktor before Mainz and provost of St. Patrokli in Soest. On September 12, 1655 he was appointed cathedral capitular in Trier, but only moved his permanent residence there on September 4, 1658.

His father Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar acted from 1645 to 1648 as the agent of the German Emperor Ferdinand II during the peace negotiations at the end of the Thirty Years War in Münster. Hermann Otto took on the task of delivering news of the Peace of Westphalia to the emperor. On his journey from Münster to Vienna, he stopped in his hometown Hadamar on October 28, 1648 .

During a trip to Rome in 1656, Hermann Otto, in his function as Provost of Trier Cathedral, received a cross particle from the then Pope Alexander VII as a thank you for the fact that his father Johann Ludwig reintroduced the Catholic faith in the Principality of Nassau-Hadamar through his conversion in 1629. Hermann Otto's nephew, who later became Prince Franz Alexander von Nassau-Hadamar , gave this cross particle to the Catholic parish of Niederzeuzheim in 1701 . The cruciform chapel, which he also donated and built between 1706 and 1711, serves as a repository.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c European Family Tables, by Detlev Schwennicke, New Series, Vol. I / 1, Plate 80, accessed on March 29, 2016 from the website Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
  2. ^ A b Jakob Wagner: The regent family of Nassau-Hadamar - History of the Principality of Hadamar , 1863, p. 493 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Nassau-Hadamar, Hermann Otto Fürst von. Hessian biography. (As of July 26, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ↑ Jakob Wagner: The regent family of Nassau-Hadamar - History of the Principality of Hadamar , 1863, p. 494 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ↑ Jakob Wagner: The regent family of Nassau-Hadamar - History of the Principality of Hadamar , 1863, p. 418 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  6. ^ Celebrating the cross together , newspaper article in the Nassauische Neue Presse of May 8, 2014.

literature

  • Karl Josef Stahl: Hadamar. City and castle. A local story on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the granting of city rights to the city of Hadamar in 1974. Hadamar City Council, Hadamar, 1974.
  • Jakob Wagner: The regent family of Nassau-Hadamar - History of the Principality of Hadamar , 1863 ( Volume 1: Google Books , Volume 2: Google Books )

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personal data
SURNAME Hermann Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann Otto von Nassau-Hadamar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hessian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Hadamar
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1660
Place of death Frankfurt am Main